wild rose
any native species of rose, usually having a single flower with the corolla consisting of one circle of five roundish, spreading petals.
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How to use wild rose in a sentence
Rose hipsEven in the winter, there’s something sweet about wild roses.
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Her beauty seemed fresh made; he thought of a wild rose washed by the dew and sparkling in the sunlight.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodShe was a most lovely girl, with a wild-rose complexion and starlike eyes, and full of life and buoyant hope.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonWith each one her lovely hair fell out still more, her wild-rose colour faded, and her shape was spoiled.
A Lady of Quality | Frances Hodgson Burnett
The first individuals were taken on April 11, 1913, feeding on a species of wild rose, Rosa nukatana Presl.
"My little Irish wild rose, all sweetness and thorns," he murmured.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for wild rose
any of numerous roses, such as the dogrose and sweetbrier, that grow wild and have flowers with only one whorl of petals
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